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Arghh! Why is it that so many writers of fiction feel such an irresistible compulsion to weave the words of Homer, and especially of his epic poem “The Iliad,” into their stories? Now, Reginald Hill has joined those other misguided authors. Contrary to apparent beliefs that quoting from Homer, or paraphrasing him, adds to the literary quality of stories, it just makes them stale and artificial. I’m sure that the purpose was some sort of metaphor, but it certainly didn’t work.

The plot of this novel is really far-fetched. It is complex, convoluted, and difficult to follow. If I had not already been familiar with this author’s writings, I would have abandoned the book after only about 100 of the 500-plus pages it contains. This is clearly not one of Mr. Hill’s better works. Of the twenty-four Dalziel and Pascoe books that I have so far read, this is probably as bad as “The Price of Butcher’s Meat,” which warranted only two stars.

As his writing career progressed, Hill began experimenting with various literary devices – perhaps in the vain hope of joining the classic authors that we studied in our college Literature courses. Filling his stories with the hijacked words and style of Homer is not, in my opinion, the way to accomplish that goal. Dalziel and Pascoe, along with Sgt. Wield, DC Novello and the other members of the Mid-Yorkshire CID gang, are interesting characters in their own right, and their straight-forward police procedural activities are entertaining and interesting enough that mucking them about with the writings of Homer is completely unnecessary. Actually, in fact, it is a distraction from the characters we have grown to know and love, and from the generally good detective writings of a talented author.

In this story, centered around Ellie Pascoe, wife of DCI Pascoe, the plot is so convoluted and chaotic that it defies comprehension. Colombian drug dealers and revolutionaries are mixed up with the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the secretive British Security Service in an unlikely story about arms smuggling and drug dealing, along with revolutionary activities in South America. This one was too far over the top, and I award it only two stars. Skip this book. At 502 pages, it is more than twice as long as it needed to be. Of course, if you suffer from insomnia, this snoozer might help you get to sleep.


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The Arms and the Women Reginald Hill 9780006512875 Books Reviews

I am a big fan of Reginald Hill, and this did not disappoint. I love Dalziel, who doesn't! Worth reading.
Can't wait to read it - came in a timely manner.
excellent
I usually love all of Reginald Hill's books but I found this book to be quite different from the other Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries. I found the storyline to be confusing and boring in parts, especially page after page of Ellie Pascoe's secret novel which she was working on just for herself. The story actually turned out in the end to be quite good but the going was tough (for me). I guess maybe it wasn't my kind of story and I put the book down several times before finishing it. Others might love it but for me, I gave it three stars.
The opening chapters of Hill's latest Dalziel & Pascoe are an onslaught much like the storm at the close of the book. People and plots come howling in from all directions. I felt rather "gobsmacked" by all of it, but I kept on slogging through until it began to come together into a cohesive story.
Hill has the extraordinary ability to shift consciousness from one character to the next, and I suppose that's what kept me off balance. From Ellie Pascoe, to DC Novello, to the writer "Spelt from Sybil's Leaves," Hill proves that he understands the insides of people, the private side they keep to themselves. This novel is told primarily from the perspective of the women who drive it forward. Hill grasps the confusion of midlife, the roles of wife and mother, the longing for belonging of singlehood. After these things, the mystery plot itself is only a frame on which to project the people.
While Ellie Pascoe thwarts an attempted abduction, she leads the rest of the cast on an odyssey as she continues to seek comfort and meaning in her life. That we end up in a "cleansing" storm at the end of these Herculean labors is fitting.
Once in a while in his Pascoe and Dalziel series, author Reginald Hill takes off in several creative directions at once. Not always easy to follow in the first chapters of the book, but it all comes together about midway, before another plunge into the unknown toward the end. It's what makes Hill's books so entertaining and what sets him aside from most other vanilla-inclined crime writers. "Arms and the Women" is certainly one of those high flyers, where language is often more interesting than plot and where the characters become more edgy and/or flamboyant. Worked well for me and will for other readers who can handle the digressions, Shakespearean and classical Greek language bursts and references that abound in the story.

Also, interestingly, this is also a kind of feminist binge for Hill. Pascoe and Dalziel take a back seat to Ellie Pascoe, Rosie Pascoe and several other highly original female characters who lead the action and are responsible for the bang up ending to the novel. The plot has been well covered by other reviewers, but my one observation on that is that the reader should be prepared for flights of fancy that probably won't hold up to close scrutiny when they've finished the last page. Nevertheless, they will definitely feel entertained.
Arghh! Why is it that so many writers of fiction feel such an irresistible compulsion to weave the words of Homer, and especially of his epic poem “The Iliad,” into their stories? Now, Reginald Hill has joined those other misguided authors. Contrary to apparent beliefs that quoting from Homer, or paraphrasing him, adds to the literary quality of stories, it just makes them stale and artificial. I’m sure that the purpose was some sort of metaphor, but it certainly didn’t work.

The plot of this novel is really far-fetched. It is complex, convoluted, and difficult to follow. If I had not already been familiar with this author’s writings, I would have abandoned the book after only about 100 of the 500-plus pages it contains. This is clearly not one of Mr. Hill’s better works. Of the twenty-four Dalziel and Pascoe books that I have so far read, this is probably as bad as “The Price of Butcher’s Meat,” which warranted only two stars.

As his writing career progressed, Hill began experimenting with various literary devices – perhaps in the vain hope of joining the classic authors that we studied in our college Literature courses. Filling his stories with the hijacked words and style of Homer is not, in my opinion, the way to accomplish that goal. Dalziel and Pascoe, along with Sgt. Wield, DC Novello and the other members of the Mid-Yorkshire CID gang, are interesting characters in their own right, and their straight-forward police procedural activities are entertaining and interesting enough that mucking them about with the writings of Homer is completely unnecessary. Actually, in fact, it is a distraction from the characters we have grown to know and love, and from the generally good detective writings of a talented author.

In this story, centered around Ellie Pascoe, wife of DCI Pascoe, the plot is so convoluted and chaotic that it defies comprehension. Colombian drug dealers and revolutionaries are mixed up with the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the secretive British Security Service in an unlikely story about arms smuggling and drug dealing, along with revolutionary activities in South America. This one was too far over the top, and I award it only two stars. Skip this book. At 502 pages, it is more than twice as long as it needed to be. Of course, if you suffer from insomnia, this snoozer might help you get to sleep.